🪶 Away Blackhawks 21-8-4
2–3
Final
🐧 Home Penguins 18-11-4
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🪶 CHI 0022
🐧 PIT 1203

Blackhawks at Penguins

Penguins beat Blackhawks 3–2 at PPG Paints Arena on December 20, 2011.

🗓 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🏒 2011-12 🔁 Penguins lead the season series 1–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐧 PIT
Evgeni Malkin
3 A
6 shots · 18:10 TOI
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Matt Niskanen
2 A
4 shots · 23:33 TOI
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Marc-Andre Fleury
36 saves
0.947 SV% · 2 GA

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
🐧 Chris Kunitz PP Go-ahead 1st · 10:02
Assists: Evgeni Malkin, Matt Niskanen · beat Ray Emery
0–1
2nd period
🐧 James Neal 2nd · 02:45
Assists: Evgeni Malkin, Matt Niskanen · beat Ray Emery
0–2
🐧 Tyler Kennedy 2nd · 16:34
Assists: Ben Lovejoy, Evgeni Malkin · beat Ray Emery
0–3
3rd period
🪶 Jonathan Toews 3rd · 00:49
Assists: Viktor Stalberg · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
1–3
🪶 Viktor Stalberg 3rd · 06:12
Assists: Patrick Kane, Marian Hossa · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
2–3

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🪶Blackhawks
L1 Sharp · Toews · Hossa 23:09
L2 Brunette · Bolland · Kane 15:41
L3 Stalberg · Mayers · Frolik 11:40
L4 Bickell · Morin · Kruger 8:19
L5 Scott 5:56
D1 Keith · Seabrook 26:36
D2 Hjalmarsson · Leddy 20:48
D3 Montador 14:41
🐧Penguins
L1 Neal · Staal · Malkin 18:37
L2 Kunitz · Cooke · Sullivan 15:58
L3 Kennedy · Dupuis · Adams 13:39
L4 Vitale · Williams · Asham 10:34
D1 Orpik · Niskanen 23:42
D2 Engelland · Despres 17:46
D3 Lovejoy · Picard 13:27

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🪶CHI PIT🐧
38 Shots on goal 28
0/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/7
11 Hits 30
15 Blocked shots 14
2 Takeaways 2
2 Giveaways 7
29 Penalty minutes 13
CHI shooting 5.3% (2/38) PIT shooting 10.7% (3/28)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🪶Blackhawks
Ray Emery
25/28
.893 SV% · 3 GA · 58:31 TOI
🐧Penguins
Marc-Andre Fleury
36/38
.947 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

5 of 5 goals located
Chris Kunitz · 1st 10:02 · 0–1 James Neal · 2nd 02:45 · 0–2 Tyler Kennedy · 2nd 16:34 · 0–3 Jonathan Toews · 3rd 00:49 · 1–3 Viktor Stalberg · 3rd 06:12 · 2–3
CHI PIT
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Blackhawks
Blackhawks — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 4-3-1 (50% win rate, 8 games)
Penguins
Penguins — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 7-2-2 (64% win rate, 11 games)
After 2nd — 0–3
Blackhawks
Blackhawks — trailing by 3 goals after 2nd: 0-1 (0% win rate, 1 game)
Penguins
Penguins — leading by 3 goals after 2nd: 2-0 (100% win rate, 2 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Penguins lead the season series 1–0
Feb 202011 🐧PIT @ 🪶CHI 2–3 SO Dec 52009 🪶CHI @ 🐧PIT 2–1 OT Feb 272009 🐧PIT @ 🪶CHI 5–4 OT Feb 142007 🪶CHI @ 🐧PIT 4–5 SO Jan 132006 🐧PIT @ 🪶CHI 1–4
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❓ CHI vs PIT, answered

Who won Blackhawks vs Penguins on December 20, 2011?

Penguins won 3–2. The final score was Blackhawks 2, Penguins 3.

Who scored for Blackhawks?

Jonathan Toews, Viktor Stalberg.

Who scored for Penguins?

Chris Kunitz, James Neal, Tyler Kennedy.

How did the Blackhawks goalie play?

Ray Emery made 25 saves on 28 shots (.893 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Marc-Andre Fleury made 36 saves on 38 shots (.947 save percentage).

Where is Blackhawks vs Penguins played?

At PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, the Penguins home rink.

What is the Blackhawks vs Penguins season series?

Penguins lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🪶 Blackhawks
BeforeDec 18 🔥CGY @ 🪶CHI 2–4 AfterDec 21 🇨🇦MTL @ 🪶CHI 1–5
🐧 Penguins
BeforeDec 17 ⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT 3–8 AfterDec 23 🐧PIT @ ✈️WPG 4–1
Also on December 20
🗽NYR 4–1 😈NJD 🐯NSH 1–4 🦅WSH ⚔️BUF 1–4 🏛️OTT 🌵PHX 2–1 🐆FLA 🏝️NYI 3–2 ✈️WPG 🌲MIN 1–2 🔥CGY
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